Kelly, a former boxing promoter, said his promotion will up its output following a May 27 event, likely Titan Fighting Championships 18, and target several markets outside its longtime Kansas City home.

“(We’ll be) doing some stuff in Oklahoma and Louisiana, places like that – places where I’ve done shows in the past,” he said. “It will be fun. Maybe … the keynote show would be in Philadelphia in (matchmaker) Sam Caplan’s hometown.”

Moving forward, Titan would love to retain the services of tonight’s headliner, Bobby Lashley (5-1), who meets John Ott (8-7). The former WWE wrestler is on the rebound after suffering the first loss of his professional career against Chad Griggs this past August in Strikeforce.

Kelly said Lashley will be a free agent on April 20, when his matching period with the recently acquired Strikeforce ends. But it’s unsure what will happen after that.

“Whether he goes back to the WWE or to the UFC or back to Strikeforce, we’ll see,” he said. “His doors are open. A guy like that, he can do pretty much whatever he wants.

“We’d love to have him back once he gets through that April 20 matching period. If he’s available, we’ll definitely talk to him again, and we’d love for him to fight for us multiple times moving forward over the next year or so.”

The heavyweight has drawn a completely different crowd to tonight’s event, Kelly said.

“He’s a former WWE champion and he just has a tremendous crossover appeal,” he said. “We’ve got so many people calling the office about tickets. They’re just amped up about Bobby fighting, and it’s a totally different type of fan. You don’t get the savvy MMA fan calling up. These are wrestling fans coming to see Bobby throw those hands. So it will be exciting.”

“[Rosa’s] got a really good chin, so Abe at least in theory won’t be able to clip him with the first shot,” Kelly said. “It will be a really good slugfest.”

Also scheduled to appear is UFC, PRIDE and Strikeforce vet Phil Baroni (13-13), who meets Nick Nolte (3-2) in a welterweight bout.

“He wants to make one last run at this,” Kelly said of “The New York Bad Ass.” “I think he’s got a goal to clean up some of his previous disappointments in Strikeforce and the UFC, and make a run back at the elite level, and it starts here with Nick Nolte.”

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